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- ↑ Brit Williams Biography Archived July 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- ↑ Kennesaw State's Center for Election Systems Archived February 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Transcript of testimony Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine before the Election Assistance Commission, June 15, 2006
- ↑ The Effect of Truncation on Tests of Hypothesis for Normal Populations, PhD Thesis, University of Georgia, 1964
- ↑ Kennesaw State University 2001-02 Graduate Faculty Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Security in the Georgia Voting System Archived March 31, 2004, at the Wayback Machine , Britain J. Williams, Ph.D. April 23, 2003
- ↑ Concerns Over Archived April 2, 2004, at the Wayback Machine